Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer
Lifelink Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, exile Liliana, Heretical Healer, then return her to the battlefield transformed under her owner's control. If you do, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. // +2: Each player discards a card. −X: Return target nonlegendary creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield. −8: You get an emblem with "Whenever a creature dies, return it to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step."
How Liliana decks play in EDH
Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer is a mono-black commander, and its legendary creature - human cleric // legendary planeswalker - liliana line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. The cards below are the ones Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $73.82Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (3)
Removal (4)
Creatures (6)
Synergy & payoffs (6)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer deck?
Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer has a mono-black colour identity, so every card in the deck must be black or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer?
The cards played most often in Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer decks include Way of the Necromancer, Liliana the Repentant, Sanctum Lurker. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $73.82 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.